Johann Attenberger

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Johann Attenberger (born February 17, 1936 in Ebersberg , † July 7, 1968 in Spa-Francorchamps , Belgium ) was a German motorcycle racer .

Career

A native Ebersberger Johann Attenberger met with his Oberdorfer passenger Josef Schillinger 1966 for the first time in the team class of the Motorcycle World Championship on. Since an accident in his childhood, Attenberger had a stiff leg that inevitably protruded from the machine while driving and became his trademark.

In 1967 they collected their first championship points and celebrated their first podium finish with their BMW team with second place behind Klaus Enders / Ralf Engelhardt at the Grand Prix of Finland in Imatra .

In the 1968 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season started Attenberger / Schillinger with fourth place at Germany Grand Prix at the Nurburgring - southern loop . This was followed by victory in the May Cup race at the Hockenheimring , which was part of the German championship , and second place in the Isle of Man TT behind Siegfried Schauzu / Horst Schneider. On 29 June 1968, the duo could Ebersberger at the Dutch TT in the Dutch Assen his first while only Grand Prix victory celebrations and take over the championship lead.

The scene of the accident was on Masta straight.

Deadly accident

On the afternoon of July 7, 1968, Johann Attenberger and Josef Schilliger had a fatal accident in the team race for the Belgian Grand Prix , which was held on the 14-kilometer road circuit at Spa-Francorchamps .

The duo was in the lead on the last lap after a wheel-to-wheel battle with compatriots Georg Auerbacher / Hermann Hahn that lasted the entire race when Attenberger lost control of his machine at around 200 km / h on the Masta straight . The team shot into a front yard, hit a house and was then thrown into a tree. The cause of the accident is said to have been a broken part of the chassis. Attenberger and Schillinger were dead on the spot. The Auerbacher / Hahn who followed directly escaped the accident and won the race. In the evening Georg Auerbacher even had to identify his two colleagues who had died in the accident.

Honors

The funeral in the home communities a few days later was attended by numerous competitors and companions such as Georg Auerbacher, Helmut Fath , Klaus Enders , Siegfried Schauzu, Arsenius Butscher and Heinz Luthringshauser .

Later a street in Ebersberg was named Attenberger-Schillinger-Straße . The Attenberger-Schillinger Circle of Friends still exists there today, collecting trophies, wreaths and other memorabilia and keeping them in the city archive in the town hall.

Statistics in the motorcycle world championship

season class machine Co-driver Victories Podiums Points Result
1966 Sidecar BMW GermanyGermany Josef Schillinger - - 0 -
1967 Sidecar BMW GermanyGermany Josef Schillinger - 1 10 5.
1968 Sidecar BMW GermanyGermany Josef Schillinger 1 2 17th 4th
total 1 3 27

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personal data
SURNAME Attenberger, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German motorcycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Ebersberg
DATE OF DEATH 7th July 1968
Place of death Spa-Francorchamps , Belgium